On Thu, 2011-05-12 at 12:42 +0200, Matthias Förste wrote: > Hello, > > we are currently in a situation where the actual IP of the Backend may > change. As of pound 2.5 it looks like the hostname is resolved just once > when the configuration file is read. I have attached a patch which adds > 2 configuration directives that allow to declare the backends Address > and/or HAAddress as dynamic. That means that the given address will be > resolved whenever a connection to such an address is made. >
Thank you for the patch. For the moment I am quite sceptical about it, as DNS lookups are expensive operations (the reason the results are cached). We'll look at it again if there is massive demand for it. As an aside, just for my curiosity: what is the usage pattern that would require such a scenario? -- Robert Segall Apsis GmbH Postfach, Uetikon am See, CH-8707 Tel: +41-32-512 30 19 -- To unsubscribe send an email with subject unsubscribe to [email protected]. Please contact [email protected] for questions.
